How to Tell a Story -  Aristotle

How to Tell a Story

An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

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Buch | Hardcover
264 Seiten
2022
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20527-4 (ISBN)
17,45 inkl. MwSt
An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle’s complete Poetics—the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories

Aristotle’s Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories—whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of good storytelling. Despite being written more than 2,000 years ago, the Poetics remains essential reading for anyone who wants to learn how to write a captivating story—or understand how such stories work and achieve their psychological effects. Yet for all its influence, the Poetics is too little read because it comes down to us in a form that is often difficult to follow, and even the best translations are geared more to specialists than to general readers who simply want to grasp Aristotle’s profound and practical insights. In How to Tell a Story, Philip Freeman presents the most readable translation of the Poetics yet produced, making this indispensable handbook more accessible, engaging, and useful than ever before.

In addition to its inviting and reliable translation, a commentary on each section, and the original Greek on facing pages, this edition of the Poetics features unique bullet points, chapter headings, and section numbers to help guide readers through Aristotle’s unmatched introduction to the art of writing and reading stories.

Philip Freeman is the author of more than twenty books on the ancient world, including the Cicero translations How to Think about God, How to Be a Friend, How to Grow Old, and How to Run a Country (all Princeton). He holds the Fletcher Jones Chair in Humanities at Pepperdine University.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
Übersetzer Philip Freeman
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 114 x 171 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-691-20527-2 / 0691205272
ISBN-13 978-0-691-20527-4 / 9780691205274
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